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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Lesotho	Azerbaijan	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	1,908	8,056	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	1,916	8,127	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	1,922	8,194	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	1,926	8,257	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	1,926	8,319	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	1,925	8,391	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	1,922	8,475	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	1,919	8,565	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	1,917	8,657	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	1,915	8,750	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	1,916	8,842	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	1,920	8,933	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	1,925	9,025	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	1,930	9,117	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	1,936	9,210	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	1,942	9,302	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	1,948	9,393	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	1,953	9,481	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	1,958	9,567	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	1,962	9,649	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	1,987	9,727	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	2,013	9,802	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	2,037	9,874	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	2,059	9,918	108,171

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Lesotho, Azerbaijan, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.